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Annals of Internal Medicine

American College of Physicians · United States · Est. 1889

ISSN1539-3704

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

2.836

H-Indexi

649

SNIPi

3.267

Total Worksi

63,056

Total Citationsi

3,363,344

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Annals of Internal Medicine publishes original research articles, clinical studies, review articles, case reports, and perspectives in general internal medicine. Its scope includes cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, and oncology.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1889

FrequencyMonthly, 2021-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications63,056

Publisher OrgAmerican College of Physicians

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American College of Physicians

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1539-3704

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

954

24k

2019

1.2k

58k

2020

696

16k

2021

647

9.9k

2022

655

7.7k

2023

634

5.5k

2024

660

2.5k

2025

436

215

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Internal MedicineQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Internal Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare Policy and ManagementPrimary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesEmpathy and Medical EducationInnovations in Medical EducationCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsDiet and metabolism studiesHealthcare cost, quality, practices

Frequently asked questions about Annals of Internal Medicine

Is Annals of Internal Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annals of Internal Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Annals of Internal Medicine?

Annals of Internal Medicine is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 4.01.

Is Annals of Internal Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annals of Internal Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.